The Declining Cocoa Economy and the Atlantic Forest of Southern Bahia, Brazil: Conservation Attitudes of Cocoa Planters.

Alger, Keith; Caldas, Marcellus

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ERIC Number: EJ496810

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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The Declining Cocoa Economy and the Atlantic Forest of Southern Bahia, Brazil: Conservation Attitudes of Cocoa Planters.

Alger, Keith; Caldas, Marcellus

Environmentalist, v14 n2 p107-19 Sum 1994

Causes of the degradation of Brazilian Atlantic Forest in the southeastern cocoa region of the State of Bahia are investigated by means of a survey on cocoa planter's forest conservation attitudes. Policies encouraging private forest conservation, and development of forest-conserving agricultural alternatives for landless poor are recommended. (LZ)

Descriptors: Agriculture, Conservation (Environment), Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Forestry, Natural Resources, Policy

Publication Type: Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Brazil

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